GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT
EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, 1904
T HE attention of the members of the National Geographic Society and all
persons interested in the science of geography is invited to the following
General Announcement of the Committee of Airangements of the Eighth
International Geographic Congress. Those intending to become members of the
Congress should address the Secretary of the Committee of Arrangements, J. H.
McCormick, Hubbard Memorial Hall, Washington, D. C.
HUBBARD MEMORIAL HALL,
WASHINGTON, D. C., U. S. A., June, 9po4.
The Executive Committee of the Sev
enth International Geographic Congress,
held in Berlin in 1899, having voted to
convoke the Eighth Congress in Wash
ington, a Committee of Arrangements
was, at the instance of the National Geo
graphic Society, organized on behalf of
several geographic societies and clubs,
viz :
National Geographic Society.
American Geographical Society.
Geographical Society of Philadelphia.
Geographic Society of Chicago.
Geographical Society of Baltimore.
Geographical Society of the Pacific.
Geographical Society of California.
Peary Arctic Club.
Appalachian Mountain Club.
American Alpine Club.
Mazamas.
Sierra Club.
Harvard Travelers' Club.
After issuing a brief announcement
through the scientific press late in 1903,
this Committee of Arrangements, in
January, 1904, circulated a preliminary
announcement inviting geographic so
cieties and cognate institutions and all
persons interested in any phase of geo
graphic science to participate in the
first international congress to be held
in the western hemisphere in September
of this year. Gratifying replies have
been received; several hundred individ
uals and institutions have already regis
tered as members of the Congress; a
number of delegates have been appointed
to represent geographic societies in dif
ferent parts of the world; notice of the
appointment of a number of govern
mental representatives has been re
ceived, while titles of nearly 200 papers
have been submitted for presentation
before the Congress.
The plans of the Committee of Ar
rangements and other committees are
now sufficiently advanced to warrant
the issue of this general announcement
and to extend a cordial and specific in
vitation to all persons interested in the
science of geography to become mem
bers of the Congress and participate in
its proceedings.
TIMES AND PLACES OF CONVENING
After assembling informally in Wash
ington on the evening of September 7,
1904, the Congress will formally con
vene on Thursday, September 8, at 1o
o'clock. It will reconvene in Philadel
phia on Monday, September 12, at 9
o'clock; and again in New York on
Tuesday, September 13, at 10 o'clock.
After a field meeting at Niagara Falls
on Friday, September 16, it will reas
semble in Chicago on Saturday, Sep-